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With so much talk about the Guns N Roses reunion shows this year, and who's involved, who's not, this cool video got made. Rabea and Matt from a British music store called Andertons have put together ideas on how to sound like Slash and Izzy Stradlin on the cheap.

I'm always down for a cool guitar build. I love to watch things get created and see them work. I can't do it myself, which is probably why it's so interesting to me. Here's a build that's a little different. Jimmy Diresta takes an existing guitar and chops off bits, adds bits, and makes a regular guitar into a playing AK-47 guitar!

Living in an apartment can be crappy for practicing your guitar. If you don't buy some expensive gear to be able to quietly play with headphones, your amps and electric guitars can become just furniture. But here's a cool idea from DelSonix, a passive speaker for your electric guitar so you can hear what you're playing. It's great for the bass!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out next week and hype is high. Fan tributes are all over the internet, and this guy's work may be the most impressive so far. Check out musician Cooper Carter performing all 31 orchestral pieces of the Star Wars theme on guitar!

Can you make a guitar out of cardboard? Sure, cardboard is made from wood, but it's about as close to wood as I am to Steve Vai. But the guys at Cardboard Chaos decided to try to build a Fender Strat out of cardboard, and see if it would even play. Not only does it play, but they took it to Linkin Park to test it out a bit.

There are a ton of good musicians online, making millions of videos every day, trying to cut through the clutter of all the others. There are a few who really stand out, and make some amazing music and videos. One of them is Rob Scallon, out of Chicago. He even does challenges people throw at him.

Check out this cool video of Adam Jones from Tool, talking about his love for his Les Paul guitar, a bit about the band's feelings on becoming popular, glam metal, and more! Adam has been a Les Paul fan for a long time, and he loves the control over the sound he says the guitar gives him, and the power it brings to the Tool sound.

Earlier this year, I saw Rob Chapman from Chapman Guitars had designed his new guitar for himself and his company, and when I saw this guitar, I had to have it! I've been thinking about getting an explorer shaped guitar for a while, and this one has that shape, but is a bit different. I preordered it a few months ago from Riff City Guitars, and today is new guitar day for me!

The Scorpions rocked Yahoo! live the other day, and during their show, they brought up 12-year-old guitarist Brandon Niederauer, who's a huge Scorpions fan! The lucky kid got to jam 'No One Like You' with the band in front of the crowd, which is probably the kid's dream come true!

A few weeks ago, Evanescence announced that their guitarist Terry Balsamo was out, and they'd gotten a new guitarist named Jen Majura. Who's this? She's a German guitarist who's been on some great albums from Blind Guardian, Rage, Equilibrium, and more!

Nita Strauss has made a name for herself as a great guitar player and shredder, playing for the Iron Maidens, and most recently for Alice Cooper. You'll get to see some of her playing on October 13th when you go to the Motley Crue and Alice Cooper show at the Van Andel. Nita is a huge fan of Jason Becker, and her boyfriend/manager tricked her into playing a Jason Becker song for her hero! Read Mor

Gary Holt, Exodus mastermind and Slayer guitarist, did his first guitar clinic on Friday, and played a lot of amazing guitar craziness, and talked about his ideas on shred, rhythm, and what he feels is most important in playing guitar. Spoiler alert: he feels rhythm guitar is more important than soloing.